Six global banks join forces to create digital currency
SIX of the world’s biggest banks have joined a project to create a new form of digital cash that they hope to launch next year for clearing and settling financial transactions over blockchain, the technology underpinning bitcoin.
IoT will revamp health sector, NACC assures
The Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, NACC, has said that an Internet of Things (IoT) enabled healthcare sector will help bridge the gap and ensure a revamp of the Nigerian health sector.
Campaign against domestic violence reaches grassroots
THE Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), has taken the campaign against domestic and gender-based violence to the grassroots with an awareness walk held at the Epe Local Government Area of the state.
NNPC failed to remit N3.88trn to FG by 2015 – Audit Report
Cumulative unremitted revenue from domestic crude oil sales by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, stood at about N3.878 trillion as at December 31, 2015, a report by the technical sub-committee of the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, has revealed.
900 African heart surgeons storm Nigeria for confab
NO fewer than 900 heart surgeons will this month storm Nigeria for a congress of the African Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, AATCVS.
Shuaib Ozoku rebukes Nigeria with the Bribe
The Bribe, by Shuaib Ozoku, published by New Dawn Books, is a writer’s perception of the problem of corruption in the Nigerian Society. Corruption is an endemic disease that has eaten deep into the fabric of our society. It seems to be an enduring phenomenon, especially in a country like Nigeria where it is no longer news to hear of top government officials stealing public funds.
